Difference Between Manager and Leader

MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATIONS

INTRODUCTION
• Operational management is considered as an administration regarding business practices in order to create the
highest level of efficiency possible within an entity. It is also concerned alongside converting materials as well as
labour into goods as well as services in order to maximizes the firm's profit.

P1 Define and compare the different roles and
characteristics of a leader and a manager
The leader and manager are two main pillars of Aldi. They are responsible for performing various tasks and roles.
Similarly, between management and leadership as well there is difference.
• The theory of classical management theory relied on the belief that employees only have economic and physical
needs. It is unable to take into account job satisfaction or social needs but rather than that advocates a specialization
of labour, decision-making, profit maximization and centralized leadership.

CONT..
• Contingency theory- It is considered as an organization theory that demand that there can be no best way in order to
organize a corporation to lead a firm as well as make decisions or in other words it focuses on the significance of
both leader's situation and personality within which leader operates. It outlines two types of leadership first one is
task motivated and relationship motivated.
• The traits theory leadership- It focuses on recognizing on several personality traits as well as characterization that
are associated to the various successful leadership all over a variety of situations. It shows the significant positive
relationships between personality traits and effective leadership such as extroversion, effective leadership, self
efficacy as well as oneness to experience.